# Event Details - **Event Name**: Town & Country | An Evening with Brian Schaefer - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening with Brian Schaefer discussing TOWN & COUNTRY is a sharp, emotionally charged novel.About this EventTown & Country | An Evening with Brian SchaeferJoin us on Friday, February 27 at 7PM in Coral Gables for an evening with Brian Schaefer, discussing his debut novel TOWN & COUNTRY — a sharp, big-hearted story about a small town in the middle of a heated congressional race, where family loyalty, local politics, class tension, and queerness all collide. Books will be available for purchase and signing.? Tickets are free and open to the public.ABOUT THE BOOK:A “big-hearted and true” (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winner) debut novel set in a small rural town amid a congressional race that forces the candidates, their families, and a clique of gay second homeowners to confront lies, betrayals and shifting allegiances.The trendy rural town of Griffin has become a popular destination for weekenders and the city’s second homeowners, but now a congressional race in this swing district is highlighting tensions between life-long residents and new arrivals. The campaign pits local pub owner and town supervisor Chip Riley against the wealthy young carpetbagger Paul Banks, challenging the social and political loyalties of their families and friends with lasting repercussions.Diane Riley, Chip’s wife, is a religiously devout real estate agent who feels conflicted about selling second homes—including to Paul and his much older husband, Stan. Their elder son, Joe, is grieving the recent overdose death of his best friend and spiraling into drugs himself, while their younger son, Will, is a newly out college student seduced by the decadent lifestyle of Paul’s circle.Meanwhile, Stan Banks uses the race to give purpose to the pain of losing a loved one to AIDS, even as he begins to doubt Paul’s readiness for office. And within their growing fraternity of city transplants, Eric Larimer finds unexpected connection with a local farmer that opens his eyes to the region’s complexity as Leon Rogers, still reeling from a divorce, becomes increasingly desperate to infiltrate the Banks’s exclusive crew.Spanning six months from Memorial Day to Election Day, Town & Country paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a community in flux. For readers of Fredrick Backman and Jen Beagin, this “powerful and extremely well-written book” (Colum McCann, National Book Award winner) asks the essential and timeless questions: What makes a home, and what do we owe our neighbors?ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Brian Schaefer contributes regularly to The New York Times and has written for The New Yorker, New York magazine, and more. He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Arts Journalism and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for International Reporting. He earned his master’s degree in creative writing from Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv. He and his husband live in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Town & Country is his first novel. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/4ce4bd60-bee6-11f0-bd69-2fb70445d7e4-rimg-w490-h740-dc5b721a-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/coral-gables/town-and-country-|-an-evening-with-brian-schaefer/100001901955192179 - **Event Categories**: sports, art, workshops, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Coral Gables - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Books & Books - **lat**: 25.742511 - **long**: -80.27848999999998 - **full address**: Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Town & Country | An Evening with Brian Schaefer - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/637adae3700873cf0a2c697c0f103c03214f48f5a62e912e59b0c795c49cbb10-rimg-w1200-h600-dccda512-gmir.jpg?v=1762855687 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Town & Country | An Evening with Brian Schaefer being held? - **A:** Town & Country | An Evening with Brian Schaefer takes place on Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Town & Country | An Evening with Brian Schaefer? - **A:** Town & Country | An Evening with Brian Schaefer is organized by Books & Books. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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